Hinged seat



(No Model.)

- E. P. BARROWS.

HINGBD SEAT.

No. 434,753. PatentedAug. 19, 1890.

- 1' Igre, '3 7 I III/D W3, A

Q ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. BARR OVVS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HINGED SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,753, dated August19, 1890.

Application filed J ma 18, 1890. Serial No. 337,298. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. BARROW'S, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinged Seats; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail View.

This invention relates to hinged seats and covers for water-closets andfor other analogous purposes; andit consists in the novel constructionand combination of parts, as hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim:

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a frame for thehinged seat and cover of the casing of the bowl of a watercloset, saidframe consisting of the related back piece 13, the related side pieces 0C, and the front transverse bearing-strip Z.

D indicates the closet-seat, having a transverse cleat or strip dsuperficially secured in the rear thereof and havinglaterally-projecting ends (1 A cover E is hinged to and flush with thestrip d ofv the seat in the same plane with the latter and restingthereon when the seat and cover arefolded, the parts being connected bythe forward, middle, and rear leaves of a triple-leaf surface-hinge I.The seat D is hinged conjointly with the cover to the back piece 13 ofthe frame A by the forward, middle, and rear leaves 8, g, and h of thehinges, as shown.

The inner edges of the back and sides of the frame A of the casing arerelated, as indicated at a, to form a bearing for the cover E and forthe back and projecting ends of the transverse strip d, to which thesaid cover is hinged, the seat D being received at the same time in theframe, so that its upper surface is fiush with the rabbets of the latterwhen the seat and cover are closed.

The hinges by which the seat and cover of the closet are conjointlyconnected to the back piece of the frame are secured to the parts on thesurface thereof, and each hinge consists of three leaves 6, g, and h,joined by double sectional pin-barrels m m. The middle leaf 9 is securedto the transverse strip or cleat d of the seat and is of the samebreadth as said strip. It constitutes a part of the lever for raisingthe seat and cover together when the hinge is secured in position. Theforward leaf 6 is secured to the cover and constitutes the fulcrum forraising the latter independently of the seat. It will be observed thatthis double hinge is eminently adapted for the purpose for which it isdesigned, as duplicate hinges are dispensed with, and its superficialdisposition with reference to the seat, cover, and frame renders itexclusive of the interior of the casement, and it is therefore protectedin a great measure from contact with water, which, as is well known,causes the several hinges and screws as ordinarily employed for likepurposes to corrode or rust and renders removal of the same impossiblewithout defacing the wood-work.

Having described this invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the seat-frame rabbeted at its sides and back andhaving at its front end a transverse bearing-strip arranged below theframe, of the seat having its free forward edge resting upon saidbearing-strip and secured at its rear end upon the under side of a cleatextending beyond said seat and seated in said rabbeted portion of theframe, and the cover hinged to the cleat and folding down upon saidseat, said cleat being hinged at its rear edge in the rear portion ofthe rabbeted surface of said frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDNVARD F. BARROVVS.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK U. BLACK, B. E. EASTER.

